Stuart A Kirk
Biographic Data
| ID | 4229276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stuart A Kirk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stuart A |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirk |
| SIGNATURE | KIRK S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 154 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The attributes of mad science
The central claim equating distress with disease has consequences: it permits the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to cyclically develop, sanction and sell a recognisably invalid classification system, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM); it encourages organisations, researchers and clinicians to erroneously but vigorously portray non-specific behaviour-controlling psychoactive chemicals as precision medicines ta…
Ensuring water resource security in China; the need for advances in evidence-based policy to support sustainable management
The Role of Google Scholar in Evidence Reviews and Its Applicability to Grey Literature Searching
Google Scholar (GS), a commonly used web-based academic search engine, catalogues between 2 and 100 million records of both academic and grey literature (articles not formally published by commercial academic publishers). Google Scholar collates results from across the internet and is free to use. As a result it has received considerable attention as a method for searching for literature, particularly in searches for grey literature, as required …
Towards a more strategic approach to research to support catchment-based policy approaches to mitigate agricultural water pollution
Do Perceptions of Dysfunction and Normality Mediate Clinicians’ Judgments of Adolescent Antisocial Behavior
Are mental health clinicians guided by the injunctions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in making judgments of mental disorder in youth engaging in antisocial behavior? The DSM requires clinicians making a judgment of mental disorder to first make complex mediating inferences about internal dysfunction and rule out the possibility that behaviors are normal reactions to a problematic environment. Responding to a c…
Diagnostic Consistency in Assessing Conduct Disorder
The major objective of the diagnostic criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (see, e.g., the 4th ed., American Psychiatric Association, 1994) has been to achieve better diagnostic consistency. This has proved to be an elusive goal, because the diagnostic criteria and their rules for application can be ambiguous. This study mailed systematically varied case vignettes of conduct disorder to a nationally representative…
Reputation and publication productivity among social work researchers
Journal Article Reputation and publication productivity among social work researchers Get access Jack Rothman, PhD, Jack Rothman, PhD professor emeritus Department of Social Welfare, School of Public Policy and Social Research, UCLA, 3250 Public Policy Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Stuart A. Kirk, DSW, Stuart A. Kirk, DSW professor Departmen…
Influence of Social Workers’ Characteristics on the Perception of Mental Disorder in Youths
Modern versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual are meant to reduce biases in judgment. This vignette‐based study of 250 student respondents in master of social work programs assesses the influence of their social characteristics on judgments of mental disorder among youths. Most respondents appropriately use contextual information to judge mental disorder. Minorities and women are less likely than nonminorities and men to judge that dis…
Science and Social Work
Science and Social Work is a critical appraisal of the strategies and methods that have been used to develop knowledge for social work practice. It identifies the major ways in which social workers have drawn upon scientific knowledge and techniques, placing each one in historical perspective by explaining the nature of the problems it was designed to solve and the philosophical, political, and practical questions it raised. Kirk and Reid offer a…
Good Intentions Are Not Enough
Practice guidelines are the latest attempt to bring science to bear on social work practice. They are a worthy effort, but like earlier efforts, may achieve limited success. It is unlikely these documents will be read by social workers, and the guidelines themselves may not be readily usable. Moreover, the social work knowledge base is thin and practice decisions are governed by many nonscientific considerations
Social Context and Social Workers' Judgment of Mental Disorder
We examine biases in social workers' assessment of antisocial youths based on the responses of 250 MSW students to clinical case vignettes describing youths engaging in antisocial behavior, all of whom satisfied the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, criteria for conduct disorder. Respondents were to judge whether the described youth had a psychiatric or mental disorder. We manipulated the content of the vignet…
Knowledge Utilization in Social Work and Legal Practice
The gap between knowledge generated by systematic inquiry and its eventual use by practitioners has been a concern in social work for several decades. Explanations for the gap have been identified as the orientation or attitudes of practitioners, the character of professional education, and the nature of scientific inquiry. The structural character of both practice itself and its knowledge base have been overlooked as an explanation. By comparing…
The New Informants
Welfare Reform
Journal Article Welfare Reform Get access Martha N. Ozawa, PhD, Martha N. Ozawa, PhD Bettie Bofinger Brown Professor of Social Policy George Warren Brown School of Social Work Washington UniversitySt. Louis, MO 63130-4899, e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Stuart A. Kirk, DSW Stuart A. Kirk, DSW Marjorie Crump Chair in Social Welfare Department of Social Welfare, School of Publi…
The Fate of Optimism
The purpose of this study was to better understand the consequences for human service workers of beginning a new and difficult job with an "optimistic as opposed to a "realistic" perspective. These rival perspectives regarding the effects of optimism were compared using longitudinal data from a sample of intensive case managers newly hired to work with difficult mental health clients. It was tentatively concluded that those case managers who had …
Direct and Buffering Effects of Internal Locus of Control Among Mental Health Professionals
In a study of Pennsylvania clinical social workers and New York State mental health professionals, counselors with internal locus of control beliefs had more favorable scores on a number of work-related variables. For example, internal counselors reported higher job and life satisfaction, less emotional exhaustion (burnout), a neater sense of success in their work, and more favorable attitudes toward clients. For the sample of intensive case mana…
Telephone Interview Timing and Measurement Properties of Well-Being in a Sample of Elderly Hispanics
The influences of interview timing on the measurement properties of Bradburn's (1969) positive and negative affect scales were examined in a nationwide telephone survey of 2299 elderly Hispanics aged 65 and older. Analyses were performed on different sample sizes to avoid possible statistical biases caused by sample size discrepancies. The findings revealed that the factor structures of the positive affect scale were not equivalent between mornin…
Evaluation research in social work
Journal Article Evaluation research in social work Get access Stuart A. Kirk, DSW, Stuart A. Kirk, DSW University of California , Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Tony Tripodi, DSW, ACSW Tony Tripodi, DSW, ACSW Florida International University , North Miami Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 18, Issue 4, December 1994, Pages 195–…
A New Beginning
Journal Article A New Beginning Get access Stuart A. Kirk Stuart A. Kirk School of Social Work, Columbia University , New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 18, Issue 1, March 1994, Pages 3–4, https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/18.1.3 Published: 01 March 1994
Measuring the Monday blues
Nothing is as central to the work lives of social workers or as important to an organization's effective use of personnel as the satisfaction staff derive from their employment. The present study presents a short (14-item) facet-based, direct measure of job satisfaction that can be used by researchers and administrators. The scale was developed and validated in a series of studies from 1980 to 1991 involving over 600 helping professionals. Across…
Invited Essay Review
A Review of Task Force on DSM-IV. (1991). DSM-IV Options Book: Work in progress. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. (Pages unnumbered, $10.00 paperback, no ISBN)
The Selling of DSM
The Role of Social Work Journals in the Development of a Knowledge Base for the Profession
Journals play a fundamental role in the development of professions by selecting and preserving elements of their body of knowledge. What editors choose to publish has consequences. One way of assessing how editors and journals are performing is by examining whether what is published is used by other scholars. Using impact scores derived from citations, we examine the impact articles published in core social work journals have on other scholars. T…
The Business of Diagnosis
Journal Article The Business of Diagnosis: DSM-III and Clinical Social Work Get access Herb Kutchins, Herb Kutchins Herb Kutchins, DSW, is Professor, Division of Social Work, California State University Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819. Stuart A. Kirk, DSW, is Acting Provost, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs, and Professor, School of Social Welfare, State University of New York at Albany. This article is a revised version of a…
Deliberate Misdiagnosis in Mental Health Practice
A survey using clinical social workers as informed observers of mental health practice provides the basis for the exploration of an unrecognized but widespread form of diagnostic error that we term "deliberate misdiagnosis." The survey found that the misuse of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3d edition (DSM-III) in under- and overdiagnosing clients is often intentional. This paper discusses the nature, rationale, contex…
The Role of Social Work Journals in the Development of a Knowledge Base for the Profession
Journals play a fundamental role in the development of professions by selecting and preserving elements of their body of knowledge. What editors choose to publish has consequences. One way of assessing how editors and journals are performing is by examining whether what is published is used by other scholars. Using impact scores derived from citations, we examine the impact articles published in core social work journals have on other scholars. T…
The Business of Diagnosis
Journal Article The Business of Diagnosis: DSM-III and Clinical Social Work Get access Herb Kutchins, Herb Kutchins Herb Kutchins, DSW, is Professor, Division of Social Work, California State University Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819. Stuart A. Kirk, DSW, is Acting Provost, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs, and Professor, School of Social Welfare, State University of New York at Albany. This article is a revised version of a…
The Impact of Labeling on Rejection of the Mentally Ill
Social Context and Social Workers' Judgment of Mental Disorder
We examine biases in social workers' assessment of antisocial youths based on the responses of 250 MSW students to clinical case vignettes describing youths engaging in antisocial behavior, all of whom satisfied the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, criteria for conduct disorder. Respondents were to judge whether the described youth had a psychiatric or mental disorder. We manipulated the content of the vignet…
Towards a more strategic approach to research to support catchment-based policy approaches to mitigate agricultural water pollution
Measuring the Monday blues
Nothing is as central to the work lives of social workers or as important to an organization's effective use of personnel as the satisfaction staff derive from their employment. The present study presents a short (14-item) facet-based, direct measure of job satisfaction that can be used by researchers and administrators. The scale was developed and validated in a series of studies from 1980 to 1991 involving over 600 helping professionals. Across…
Women's contributions to social work journals
Publication of articles in professional journals is an accepted measure of scholarly productivity and leadership. To assess the intellectual contribution of women in social work, this study examined the authorship of articles in five major social work journals over a period of forty-four years
The Contribution of Women Faculty to Social Work Journals
The Contribution of Women Faculty to Social Work Journals Get access Stuart A. Kirk, DSW, Stuart A. Kirk, DSW Dean and Professor School of Social Welfare, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Aaron Rosenblatt, DSW Aaron Rosenblatt, DSW Professor School of Social Welfare, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Pub…
Deliberate Misdiagnosis in Mental Health Practice
A survey using clinical social workers as informed observers of mental health practice provides the basis for the exploration of an unrecognized but widespread form of diagnostic error that we term "deliberate misdiagnosis." The survey found that the misuse of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3d edition (DSM-III) in under- and overdiagnosing clients is often intentional. This paper discusses the nature, rationale, contex…
Organizational Characteristics of Agencies and the Distribution of Services to Applicants
James R. Greenley, Stuart A. Kirk, Organizational Characteristics of Agencies and the Distribution of Services to Applicants, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Mar., 1973), pp. 70-79
Influence of Social Workers’ Characteristics on the Perception of Mental Disorder in Youths
Modern versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual are meant to reduce biases in judgment. This vignette‐based study of 250 student respondents in master of social work programs assesses the influence of their social characteristics on judgments of mental disorder among youths. Most respondents appropriately use contextual information to judge mental disorder. Minorities and women are less likely than nonminorities and men to judge that dis…
Good Intentions Are Not Enough
Practice guidelines are the latest attempt to bring science to bear on social work practice. They are a worthy effort, but like earlier efforts, may achieve limited success. It is unlikely these documents will be read by social workers, and the guidelines themselves may not be readily usable. Moreover, the social work knowledge base is thin and practice decisions are governed by many nonscientific considerations
The Fate of Optimism
The purpose of this study was to better understand the consequences for human service workers of beginning a new and difficult job with an "optimistic as opposed to a "realistic" perspective. These rival perspectives regarding the effects of optimism were compared using longitudinal data from a sample of intensive case managers newly hired to work with difficult mental health clients. It was tentatively concluded that those case managers who had …
Recognition of Authors in Blind Review of Manuscripts
Some scientists claim that blind review is rarely possible. Since referees of journal articles are supposed to be experts in a particular field, they are expected to know all about the current work being carried out by important investigators. The results of this study show that the major source of information tipping off the identity of authors is the manuscript itself, not the expert knowledge of referees. Almost all referees who guessed the id…
The sex offenses of blacks and whites
Reputation and publication productivity among social work researchers
Journal Article Reputation and publication productivity among social work researchers Get access Jack Rothman, PhD, Jack Rothman, PhD professor emeritus Department of Social Welfare, School of Public Policy and Social Research, UCLA, 3250 Public Policy Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Stuart A. Kirk, DSW, Stuart A. Kirk, DSW professor Departmen…
Welfare Reform
Journal Article Welfare Reform Get access Martha N. Ozawa, PhD, Martha N. Ozawa, PhD Bettie Bofinger Brown Professor of Social Policy George Warren Brown School of Social Work Washington UniversitySt. Louis, MO 63130-4899, e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Stuart A. Kirk, DSW Stuart A. Kirk, DSW Marjorie Crump Chair in Social Welfare Department of Social Welfare, School of Publi…
Direct and Buffering Effects of Internal Locus of Control Among Mental Health Professionals
In a study of Pennsylvania clinical social workers and New York State mental health professionals, counselors with internal locus of control beliefs had more favorable scores on a number of work-related variables. For example, internal counselors reported higher job and life satisfaction, less emotional exhaustion (burnout), a neater sense of success in their work, and more favorable attitudes toward clients. For the sample of intensive case mana…
DSM-III and Social Work Malpractice
Journal Article DSM-III and Social Work Malpractice Get access Herb Kutchins, Herb Kutchins Herb Kutchins, DSW, is Professor of Social Work, California State University, Sacramento. Stuart A. Kirk, DSW, is Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy and Dean of the School of Social Welfare, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany. The preparation of this article was partially supported by a facul…
Methodological Issues in the Comparative Study of Schools of Social Work
Comparative studies of schools of social work vary in methodology and findings. This paper critically reviews the available published and unpublished studies, indicating the methodological limits of four basic types: reputational, article counts, total production scores and citation counts. Variations in findings are probably due to the time period studied, the measures used and the individuals and sources used as samples. Caution should be exerc…
Organizational influences on access to health care
Ensuring water resource security in China; the need for advances in evidence-based policy to support sustainable management
Name-Calling in Social Work
This study replicates an earlier investigation of the impact of professional social work training on the use of labels to describe clients. It was found that subjects had a consistent tendency to use negative labels when describing a role-played client. Unlike the original study in which the use of negative labels increased with the level of professional training, it appears that the practice orientation of the subject has more effect. Behavioral…
Organizational Characteristics of Agencies and the Distribution of Services to Applicants
James R. Greenley, Stuart A. Kirk, Organizational Characteristics of Agencies and the Distribution of Services to Applicants, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Mar., 1973), pp. 70-79
The Convergence of the Interactionist and Behavioral Approaches to Deviance
This paper compares two theoretical perspectives on deviance, the behavioral and interactionist. Although these two perspectives arise from separate disciplines and intellectual traditions, we will argue that their approaches to the study of deviance in general and to mental illness in particular share many basic similarities, as well as some important differences, and that an analysis of each helps us understand the limitations and strengths of …
The Impact of Labeling on Rejection of the Mentally Ill
Adolescent Patients in Transition
The sex offenses of blacks and whites
Organizational influences on access to health care
Effectiveness of community services for discharged mental hospital patients
This study of 579 state hospital patients charts the pattern of their care in the community in the two or three years following hospital discharge, and examines the relationship of aftercare services to readmission rates. Findings suggest that, among the most chronic patients, a substantial number of aftercare visits may be related to lower hospital readmission rates
Social Problems . Amitai Etzioni
Recognition of Authors in Blind Review of Manuscripts
Some scientists claim that blind review is rarely possible. Since referees of journal articles are supposed to be experts in a particular field, they are expected to know all about the current work being carried out by important investigators. The results of this study show that the major source of information tipping off the identity of authors is the manuscript itself, not the expert knowledge of referees. Almost all referees who guessed the id…
Women's contributions to social work journals
Publication of articles in professional journals is an accepted measure of scholarly productivity and leadership. To assess the intellectual contribution of women in social work, this study examined the authorship of articles in five major social work journals over a period of forty-four years
New Directions in Mental Health Care
Name-Calling in Social Work
This study replicates an earlier investigation of the impact of professional social work training on the use of labels to describe clients. It was found that subjects had a consistent tendency to use negative labels when describing a role-played client. Unlike the original study in which the use of negative labels increased with the level of professional training, it appears that the practice orientation of the subject has more effect. Behavioral…
Social roles of women in medicine, psychiatry, and social work
Empirical data from a study of women in medicine, psychiatry, and social work are brought to bear upon a hypothesis which suggests that within various professions the higher the proportion of minority members, the greater the likelihood of their occupying significant positions
Methodological Issues in the Comparative Study of Schools of Social Work
Comparative studies of schools of social work vary in methodology and findings. This paper critically reviews the available published and unpublished studies, indicating the methodological limits of four basic types: reputational, article counts, total production scores and citation counts. Variations in findings are probably due to the time period studied, the measures used and the individuals and sources used as samples. Caution should be exerc…
The Contribution of Women Faculty to Social Work Journals
The Contribution of Women Faculty to Social Work Journals Get access Stuart A. Kirk, DSW, Stuart A. Kirk, DSW Dean and Professor School of Social Welfare, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Aaron Rosenblatt, DSW Aaron Rosenblatt, DSW Professor School of Social Welfare, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Pub…
DSM-III and Social Work Malpractice
Journal Article DSM-III and Social Work Malpractice Get access Herb Kutchins, Herb Kutchins Herb Kutchins, DSW, is Professor of Social Work, California State University, Sacramento. Stuart A. Kirk, DSW, is Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy and Dean of the School of Social Welfare, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York at Albany. The preparation of this article was partially supported by a facul…
The Business of Diagnosis
Journal Article The Business of Diagnosis: DSM-III and Clinical Social Work Get access Herb Kutchins, Herb Kutchins Herb Kutchins, DSW, is Professor, Division of Social Work, California State University Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819. Stuart A. Kirk, DSW, is Acting Provost, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs, and Professor, School of Social Welfare, State University of New York at Albany. This article is a revised version of a…
Deliberate Misdiagnosis in Mental Health Practice
A survey using clinical social workers as informed observers of mental health practice provides the basis for the exploration of an unrecognized but widespread form of diagnostic error that we term "deliberate misdiagnosis." The survey found that the misuse of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3d edition (DSM-III) in under- and overdiagnosing clients is often intentional. This paper discusses the nature, rationale, contex…
The Role of Social Work Journals in the Development of a Knowledge Base for the Profession
Journals play a fundamental role in the development of professions by selecting and preserving elements of their body of knowledge. What editors choose to publish has consequences. One way of assessing how editors and journals are performing is by examining whether what is published is used by other scholars. Using impact scores derived from citations, we examine the impact articles published in core social work journals have on other scholars. T…
Invited Essay Review
A Review of Task Force on DSM-IV. (1991). DSM-IV Options Book: Work in progress. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. (Pages unnumbered, $10.00 paperback, no ISBN)
The Selling of DSM
Evaluation research in social work
Journal Article Evaluation research in social work Get access Stuart A. Kirk, DSW, Stuart A. Kirk, DSW University of California , Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Tony Tripodi, DSW, ACSW Tony Tripodi, DSW, ACSW Florida International University , North Miami Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 18, Issue 4, December 1994, Pages 195–…
A New Beginning
Journal Article A New Beginning Get access Stuart A. Kirk Stuart A. Kirk School of Social Work, Columbia University , New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Work Research, Volume 18, Issue 1, March 1994, Pages 3–4, https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/18.1.3 Published: 01 March 1994
Measuring the Monday blues
Nothing is as central to the work lives of social workers or as important to an organization's effective use of personnel as the satisfaction staff derive from their employment. The present study presents a short (14-item) facet-based, direct measure of job satisfaction that can be used by researchers and administrators. The scale was developed and validated in a series of studies from 1980 to 1991 involving over 600 helping professionals. Across…
The Fate of Optimism
The purpose of this study was to better understand the consequences for human service workers of beginning a new and difficult job with an "optimistic as opposed to a "realistic" perspective. These rival perspectives regarding the effects of optimism were compared using longitudinal data from a sample of intensive case managers newly hired to work with difficult mental health clients. It was tentatively concluded that those case managers who had …
Psychology (28 works) · Sociology (21 works) · Political science (20 works) · Computer Science (18 works) · Social Work (15 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Work (physics (11 works)